Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow on Coronation Street, in pictures

Cornonation Street star Bill Roache has admitted sleeping with up to 1,000
women. The
actor, who plays Ken Barlow, says he was unable to control his sex
drive as he regularly cheated on his first wife. Roache, who turns 80 next
month and is now in a relationship with a TV weathergirl nearly 40 years his
junior, also revealed he had a fling with fellow Corrie star Pat Phoenix,
who played Elsie Tanner.

Roache, the only original cast member from the first episode in 1960, has
notched up 28 on-screen conquests playing Ken Barlow over the years.